The City Island Nautical Museum is delighted to announce that we are one of 40 historic sites in New York City chosen by the Partners in Preservation, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to possibly receive a major grant. Any money we receive will be used to replace the hazardous steps leading up to the museum. Partners in Preservation is committing $3 million in preservation grants to historic landmarks in the five boroughs of New York City.

The four sites with the most votes will be the popular winners and will be guaranteed a grant, so please “Step Up for the Museum” by voting for us.

How to Vote for the City Island Nautical Museum
Step 1. Go to www.PartnersinPreservation.com to set up a voting account with your e-mail address and a password. Please okay the confirming e-mail and then you can vote (you will not need to do this to vote on the days that follow).
OR if you are on Facebook, log in and then search for Partners in Preservation.
OR if you have a mobile phone, there is an app link available at the Partners in Preservation website.
Step 2. Find the voting box and click on the City Island Nautical Museum
(Hint: Go to the Bronx tab)
Step 3. Vote for City Island Nautical Museum
Step 4. Do the same thing every day until May 21!

Thank you for your support and your votes.

Welcome to the City Island
Nautical Museum

We are delighted to introduce you to one of the most interesting communities in New York City, a small island with a rich nautical history. Much of this colorful past is preserved in the Museum, which is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and by special appointment. The Museum is open for the season with a new exhibition of photographs of New York Harbor by Islander Richard Dick Sadler.

On this web site you will have the opportunity to take a quick tour of the Museum’s interesting exhibits, some of them dedicated to City Island’s famous yacht-builders who contributed to the successful defense of the America’s Cup. Through our on-line collection, we also offer a sampling of the images of boats and historic views that are part of our archives, as well as graduation photographs from City Island schools and pictures of City Island past and present.

The museum's programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, thanks to Council Member James Vacca, and by the Bronx Council on the Arts through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts Development Fund Regrants Program, Bronx Borough President Rubin Diaz and the Bronx Delegation of the City Council.

The City Island Nautical Museum was granted a permanent charter by the Board of Regents of the New York State Board of Education on January 11, 2012. And, on the basis of a careful consideration of the history and the architecture of the building at 190 Fordham Street in which the museum is housed, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Public School 102 (later Public School 17, The City Island School) a landmark because of its “special character and a special historical and aesthetic interest and value as part of the development, heritage and cultural characteristics of New York City.